Maps of the Crusades

First Crusade

Map of the First Crusade

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Significant Events of the First Crusade
1095 November 27	Pope Urban II called a great council of clergy and nobles to meet at Clermont in France called the Council of Clermont. He called for a crusade against the Infidels
Summer 1096	Armed forces gathered at Constantinople to embark on the First Crusade
May – June 1097	Siege of Nicacea
July 1097	Battle of Dorylaeum
Oct 1097 - June 1098	The Siege of Antioch
1099 Feb 14 - June	The siege of Arqah, near Tripoli
1098 June 28	The Battle of Orontes. The First Crusade wins a victory forcing Emir Kerboga to lift the siege of Antioch
1099 June 13	Raymond of Toulouse leads the crusaders from Antioch and to Jerusalem
1099 July 15	The soldiers of the First Crusade successfully scale the walls of Jerusalem and take the Holy city



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Second Crusade

Map of the Second Crusade

Important Battles of the Second Crusade

1144 Nov 28 to 1144 Dec 24 - Siege Of Edessa
1148 Jul 23 to 1148 Jul 28 - Siege of Damascus

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Third Crusade

Important Battles of the Third Crusade

1187 Jul 4	Battle of Hattin The Battle of Hattin (also known as "The Horns of Hattin" because of a nearby extinct volcano of the same name) took place on Saturday, July 4, 1187, between the Crusader Kingdom of Jerus...
1187 Sep 20 to 1187 Oct 2	Siege of Jerusalem The Siege of Jerusalem took place from September 20 to October 2, 1187. It resulted in the recapture of Jerusalem by Saladin and the near total collapse of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusal...
1189 Aug to 1191 Jul	Siege Of Acre The Siege of Acre was the first confrontation of the Third Crusade, lasting from August 28, 1189 until July 12, 1191, and the first time in the history that the King of Jerusalem was comp...
1191 Sep 7	Battle Of Arsuf

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Fourth and Later Crusades

Important Battles of the Fourth Crusade

1202 Nov 10 to 1202 Nov 23	Siege Of Zara The Siege of Zara (Croatian - Zadar) (November 10-November 23, 1202) was the first major action of the Fourth Crusade. It was the first attack against a Catholic city by Catholic crusader...
1203 Jul 17	Siege of Constantinople (1203) The Siege of Constantinople (1203) was a Crusader siege of the capital of the Byzantine Empire. To take the city by force, the Crusaders first needed to cross the Bosphorus. About 200 ...
1204 Apr 12	Siege of Constantinople (1204)

Important Events of the Fifth Crusade

1215	Pope Innocent III Summons The Fourth Lateran Council The message of the crusade was preached in France by Robert of Courçon; however, unlike other Crusades, not many French knights joined, as they were already fighting the Albigensian Crusa...
1217	Fifth Crusade Begins The Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) was an attempt to take back Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering the powerful Ayyubid state in Egypt. Pope Honorius III organized c...
1217 Aug 23	Andrew And His Troops Embark Towards Cyprus Andrew and his troops embarked on 23 August 1217, in Spalato. They landed on 9 October on Cyprus from where they sailed to Acre and joined John of Brienne, ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusal...
1218	Siege Of Damietta

Important Events of the Sixth Crusade

1228	The Sixth Crusade Begins
1229 Feb 18	Frederick II Signs A Truce With Al-Kamil
1229 Mar 17	Frederick Enters Jerusalem

Important Events of the Seventh Crusade

1244 Oct 17	Battle Of La Forbie The Battle of La Forbie, also known as the Battle of Harbiyah, was fought October 17, 1244 – October 18, 1244 between the allied armies (drawn from the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the crusading...
1248	The Seventh Crusades Begins The Seventh Crusade was a crusade led by Louis IX of France from 1248 to 1254. Approximately 50,000 gold bezants (a sum equal to the entire annual revenue of France) was paid in ransom fo...
1251	The Shepherd's Crusade

Important Events of the Eighth Crusade

1270	Eighth Crusade Is Launched The Eighth Crusade was a crusade launched by Louis IX, King of France, in 1270. The Eighth Crusade is sometimes counted as the Seventh, if the Fifth and Sixth Crusades of Frederick II are...
1270 Aug 25	Louis IX Dies These events led to Louis' call for a new crusade in 1267, although there was little support this time; Jean de Joinville, the chronicler who accompanied Louis on the Seventh Crusade, ref...
1270 Oct 30	The Siege Of Tunis Is Abandoned

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